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Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion LIVE: Premier League result, final score and reaction

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Sports Staff
Monday 26 December 2022 17:07 GMT
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Brighton celebrate after scoring against Southampton
Brighton celebrate after scoring against Southampton (Reuters)

Brighton & Hove Albion provisionally climbed to sixth in the Premier League standings after they won 3-1 away to Southampton in a riveting Boxing Day clash.

A header from Adam Lallana and a stunning long-range strike by Solly March along with Romain Perraud’s own goal helped Brighton take their points tally to 24 - two more than seventh-placed Liverpool who play at Aston Villa later.

Brighton went ahead in the 15th minute when Lallana scored against his former club after he connected with March’s cross and sent his header into the net as goalkeeper Gavin Bazunu scuffed an easy save.

The visitors doubled their lead in the 35th minute after defender Perraud turned the ball into his own net while trying to clear a cross from Pervis Estupinan.

March made it 3-0 in the 55th minute with a sensational effort from outside the box after he cut in from the right side for a brilliant solo move. Brighton could have had a fourth goal shortly after but Kaoru Mitoma’s header went wide.

In the 73rd minute, Southampton were awarded a penalty for Pascal Gross’s foul on Samuel Edozie and although James Ward-Prowse’s spot-kick was stopped by keeper Robert Sanchez, the Southampton skipper nodded home on the rebound.

Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion

PENALTY FOR SOUTHAMPTON! Edozie, who's been the hosts' best player, jinks inside from the left and gets blocked off by Gross. It looks soft, but a quick VAR check confirms the decision.

26 December 2022 16:32

Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion

26 December 2022 16:32

Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Goal James Michael Edward Ward-Prowse

26 December 2022 16:31

Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Yellow Card Robert Lynch Sánchez

26 December 2022 16:31

Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion

26 December 2022 16:30

Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Colwill heads Ward-Prowse's free-kick out for a Southampton corner. The Saints' captain sends the corner kick into the middle. Again, Brighton deal with it admirably.

26 December 2022 16:29

Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Southampton are seeing more of the ball, but they still aren't giving Sanchez any cause for concern. Veltman catches Edozie to concede a free-kick.

26 December 2022 16:28

Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Maitland-Niles gets forward from right-back and crosses for Adams, who can't get over it. Brighton are about to make their first change.

26 December 2022 16:26

Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion

26 December 2022 16:25

Southampton vs Brighton & Hove Albion

Substitution Adam David Lallana Jeremy Leonel Sarmiento Morante

26 December 2022 16:25

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